Scobol Solo 2016 PORTA Packet 1 (Round 1) NIGRA 1. A type of injury named for Salter and Harris is caused by damage to this structure. This structure is arranged into the zones of reserve, proliferation, hypertrophy, and two others, including one named for a process that occurs in these structures endochondrally [en-doh-“CON”-druh-lee] as opposed to intra·membran·ously. These structures are found at epiphyses [ih-PIF-uh-seez]. On X-rays, these structures appear as open, but they close up after puberty. These structures, which are composed of hyaline [“HI”-uh-leen] cartilage, are the sites of calcification [CAL-sih-fih-KAY-shun] and ossification [AH-sih-fih-KAY-shun]. Name these structures at the ends of long bones where additional bone is formed. Answer: growth plates [accept epiphyseal plates or physis; prompt on long bones] 2. This author wrote about Baptista Trewthen accepting a proposal from David Heddegan but marrying Charles Stow in the story “A Mere Interlude”. In one of this author’s novels, Damon Wildeve delays his marriage to Thomasin Yeobright because he is still interested in Eustacia [yoo-STAY-shuh] Vye. In another novel by this author, a young child named Sorrow dies, and his mother — who later goes to work at Talbothays Dairy as a milkmaid — writes a note about Alec to Angel Clare. Name this author of The Return of the Native, whose works about Wessex include Tess of the d’Urbervilles. Answer: Thomas Hardy 3. This person’s theory of religion stated that “god and society are one and the same” and was based on the ability of communities to create “collective effervescence”. This person, who often worked with his nephew Marcel Mauss, believed that sociology should focus on “ways of acting” that exert a constraint, which he called social facts. This author of Rules of Sociological Method and Elementary Forms of Religious Life described a mismatch between individuals and society with the term anomie [AN-uh-mee]. Name this Frenchman who developed the categories “anomic”, “egoistic”, “altruistic”, and “fatalistic” to describe suicides. Answer: (David) Émile Durkheim 1 4. This composer used a German translation of Albert Giraud’s [al-bair zhee-roh’z] poems in his Pierrot Lunaire [pyair-oh loo-nair]. A few months after this composer attended the premier of his Gurrelieder [GUR-ruh-“leader”], and a few months before the premier of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, this composer conducted at the Skandal·konzert. At that concert, this composer’s Chamber Symphony No. 1 was performed, and his student’s work provoked a riot. His first major work was the string sextet Verklärte Nacht [vair-KLAIR-tuh nakht]. Name this composer who taught Anton Webern [AHN-tawn VEB-urn] and Alban Berg [AHL-bahn bairk], and was a leader of the Second Viennese School who developed twelve-tone technique. Answer: Arnold Schoenberg [shurn-bairk] 5. Some of the ways that this mineral can be twinned are named the Japan Law, Dauphine Law, and Brazil Law. This is the most common mineral that has the same chemical composition as moga·nite and tri·dy·mite. Amethyst can be turned into a green form of this mineral called ver·marine. This is the most common mineral in the continental crust, though there is more feldspar if the oceanic crust is included and more bridgmanite if the mantle is included. A crystal oscillator made of this mineral is used in many clocks and watches. Name this mineral, a 7 on the Mohs scale, that is in glass and sand, and is chemically silicon dioxide. Answer: quartz [prompt on silicate or silicon dioxide or Si O2] Check the score. 6. This country became independent from the Ottoman Empire through uprisings led by Milos Obrenović [MEE-losh oh-BREN-oh-vich] and Karadjordje [kar-ah-JOR-jay] in the early 19th century. This country is a candidate to join the European Union due to work by former President Boris Tadić [TAH-dich], but his efforts have been slowed by Tomislav Nikolić [TOH-mee-slav NEE-koh-lich]. Nikolić has stoked nationalism in this country by denying the Srebrenica [s’REH-bren-EET-sah] massacre. This country was part of Yugoslavia, and it later joined with Montenegro to form the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Kosovo declared independence from this country in 2008. Name this country that was once led by Slobodan Milosević [SLOH-boh-dahn mee-LOH-seh-vich], and whose capital is Belgrade. Answer: (Republic of) Serbia [or (Republika) Serbia] 7. In one novel by this author, a man quits his regular job after his father-in-law dies, leaving him a lumber mill and a narrow-gauge railroad. This author wrote about how that man goes back to work after running into Dorothy Wynant, a former client’s daughter. In another novel by this author, Casper Gutman — who is often called “G” — is looking for an object that was once given to the King of Spain. In that novel by this author, Brigid O’Shaughnessy kills Miles Archer. Name this author who wrote about Nick and Nora Charles in The Thin Man, and about Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon. Answer: (Samuel) Dashiell Hammett Scobol Solo 2016 2 Packet 1 (Round 1) 8. One of the colleges at George Mason University was named for this person in 2016. After the phrase “wet works” was found in an email sent by Hillary Clinton presidential campaign chair John Podesta, some conservative activists called for investigations into this person’s cause of death. Soon after this person died, Donald Trump spoke on Michael Savage’s radio show in support of a rumor that this person was found with a pillow over his face. This person died in February 2016 during a quail-hunting trip in Texas, and President Obama nominated Merrick Garland to replace him. Name this former Supreme Court Justice. Answer: Antonin Scalia 9. A circle created by this phenomenon has the size of its radius calculated by dividing the least solution of the Bessel function of the first kind by 휋 [“pi”]. That solution works for the far-field type of this phenomenon, which applies when the wavelength times the distance traveled by the light is large and is named for Joseph von Fraunhofer [YOH-seff vawn FRAWN-hoh-fur]. The near-field type of this phenomenon occurs when the Fresnel [fruh-nel] number is large. Spectrometers take advantage of this phenomenon by using a grating. This phenomenon explains the patterns formed during single-slit experiments. Name this phenomenon in which waves bend around an obstacle. Answer: diffraction [accept diffracting; do not accept or prompt on “refraction”] 10. This person wrote “Capitalism and crime have become almost synonymous terms” in his book Walls and Bars. When he was sentenced to prison, he said “While there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” When this man was president of the American Railway Union, he lost a Supreme Court case over whether the U.S. could issue a federal injunction to end the Pullman Strike. Many years later, the Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. could stop his protests over World War I, upholding the Espionage Act. Name this person who ran for President five times as the candidate of the Socialist Party of America. Answer: Eugene V(ictor) Debs Check the score. 11. This author wrote about Serezha’s [sair-“ASIA’Z”] tutoring experiences in The Last Summer. His poem “In Memory of the Demon” is in the collection My Sister Life. In a novel by this author, the title character marries Tonya after the death of her mother Anna Iva·nov·na. In that novel, this author also wrote about a woman who marries Pasha after shooting Kor·na·kov; in that novel, which is set in part during the October Revolution, the title character — Yuri — is later cared for by that woman, Lara. In order to stay in the Soviet Union, this writer refused the Nobel Prize. Name this author of Doctor Zhivago. Answer: Boris (Leonidovich) Pasternak Scobol Solo 2016 3 Packet 1 (Round 1) 12. In one song in this musical, one main character tells the other “I’ll teach you the proper ploys when you talk to boys.” In another song, the main character to whom that promise was made sings “It’s time to trust my instincts, close my eyes, and leap!”. In this musical, Dr. Dillamond is intimidated by a message on the chalkboard that says “Animals should be seen and not heard.” Dillamond teaches at Shiz University, where the headmistress is Madame Morrible. In this musical, the song “Popular” is directed at a character who later sings “Defying Gravity”. Name this musical about Elphaba [EL-fuh-buh] and Glinda in the Emerald City that gives a different perspective on The Wizard of Oz. Answer: Wicked 13. A southern suburb of this city features the Bouskoura Forest. This major city is about twenty miles southwest of the Miramar, Sablet, and Mimosa beaches, which are in the town Mohammedia. One of this city’s largest beaches is at Aïn Diab. The world’s tallest minaret is at this city’s Hassan II Mosque. Many of its major buildings are located near Mohammed V [5] Square. Its Anfa Hotel was used by Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Charles de Gaulle in a 1943 conference. This is the largest port city in North Africa and is southwest of Rabat. Name this most populous city in Morocco, the namesake of a Humphrey Bogart film. Answer: Casablanca, Morocco 14. A bond order that is not an integer indicates this phenomenon for the molecule.